Vote

Your Voice. Your Vote.

Local elections have a national impact! Minnesota saw just 50 percent of eligible voters in the last midterm election. Exercise your right to participate in our democracy during this 2018 midterm election!

Get ready to vote!

Your vote is your voice! Minnesota’s Primary Election is August 14 and General Election is November 6. Follow these steps to make sure your vote is heard; each step has a clickable link to the online resource you will need to complete the step.

Polling places in Anoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin, Isanti, Ramsey, Scott, Sherburne, Washington, and Wright counties are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. As long as you’re in line by 8 p.m., you can vote, even if you do not reach the front of the line until after 8 p.m.

You have the right to time off work to vote in all state and federal elections, and in all regularly scheduled local elections. Your employer cannot require you to use personal leave or vacation time (see Minnesota Statutes 204C.04 and 204C.08 subd. 1d). Your employer can ask that you tell them when you will be gone, and ask that employees coordinate their absences to minimize workplace disruptions.

If you fear for your safety, you can still register and vote without your address becoming public by enrolling in the Safe at Home Address Confidentiality Program.This program allows a person to vote by absentee ballot through the mail through the Safe at Home office so that their name and address is never shared with their local elections office. Only their marked ballot is counted. Learn more and enroll at https://www.sos.state.mn.us/safe-at-home/.

If you are homeless, you can register to vote using the location of where you sleep as your address, including shelter, at a friend’s house, or outside somewhere. If you sleep outside, you can write a description of its location on line four of the voter registration application. For example, “In the NW corner of Jefferson Park near the intersection of Winston Ave. and Smith St.” Learn more here: https://www.sos.state.mn.us/elections-voting/register-to-vote/im-homeless/.